RVH and Altnagelvin fare badly in hip break study
The Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast and Altnagelvin Hospital in Londonderry have scored badly in a nationwide survey on treatment of hip fractures. Only one in five patients at the Royal had...
View ArticleFive Colombian police killed by suspected Farc bomb
Five police officers have been killed and three injured by a roadside bomb in the Colombian state of Caqueta,...
View ArticleDumfries and Galloway Council draws up redundancy plans
Dumfries and Galloway Council is seeking approval of a voluntary redundancy scheme to meet a savings...
View ArticleDriver dies following crash in New Balderton
A man has died after the car he was driving crashed on a Nottinghamshire...
View ArticleInverness musician on stun gun allegations
A musician has appeared in court accused of abduction and assault involving a stun gun and pepper...
View ArticleNepal plane crash data recorders found
Investigators have found the flight data recorders from the wreckage of a plane which crashed in Nepal last week, killing 14 people, officials said. The small passenger plane, en route to the Mount...
View ArticleCeredigion lake victim Jai Burkes had started new job
One of two teenagers who died after a car crashed...
View ArticleManchester United defend season ticket sales
Manchester United chief executive David Gill has defended the club's failure to reach their season ticket sales target. The club has sold 51,800...
View ArticlePakistan mourns as Lahore bombing toll rises to 31
A three-day period of mourning has begun in Pakistan after bomb attacks on a Shia Muslim procession in Lahore city killed 31 people on Wednesday. At least 170 people were...
View ArticleNew commander for Sellafield nuclear police
A new boss has been appointed in charge of Sellafield nuclear plant's police. Supt Duncan Worsell, 45, is the Civil Nuclear Constabulary' s new operational unit commander at...
View ArticleSun on mirror sets fire to cottage in Bolney
The bedroom of a West Sussex cottage was damaged by fire by when birthday cards and pot pourri set alight. West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service said a dressing table mirror at the cottage in...
View ArticleStephen Hawking: God did not create Universe
There is no place for God in theories on the creation of the Universe, Professor Stephen Hawking has said. He had previously argued belief in a...
View ArticleQinetiq base in Malvern 'is safe' says MP
Defence company Qinetiq has confirmed its long-term commitment to its Worcestershire site despite recent jobs cut announcements, an...
View ArticleHollywood turns 'edgy' town into Jack Kerouac country
Francis Ford Coppola and his producers faced a momentous task when they decided to film Jack Kerouac's On the Road. The challenge of bringing this Beat Generation-defining classic to the big screen...
View ArticleCouncillor steps down from some duties amid probe
An Aberdeen councillor facing embezzlement court proceedings has stepped down from some of his duties. Scott Cassie,...
View ArticleSecurity moves test France's ruling party
President Nicolas Sarkozy's summer law and order offensive is placing the French government under...
View ArticleAndrew Lloyd Webber art collection to be displayed
Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber's private art collection is to go on show for the first time, it has been announced. The collection, which includes works by Rossetti, Millais and Waterhouse, will be...
View ArticleVeronica Guerin crime contact arrested in Netherlands
A Dublin criminal who fled Ireland after the murder of journalist Veronica Guerin has been arrested in Holland. John Traynor was detained outside Amsterdam...
View ArticleSainsbury's resubmits plans for Penrith development
A supermarket has resubmitted its plans to redevelop a Cumbria town centre...
View ArticleNewtownabbey retail park is sold for £48m
The Longwood Road Retail Park in Newtownabbey has been sold to the Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) for £48m....
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